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The Cisco 7200 VXR Series Router delivers exceptional performance/price with its compact form factor, modularity, scalability, and wide range of deployment options. With processing speeds up to 2 Million packets per second (pps), port adapters ranging from NxDS0 to Gigabit Ethernet and OC-3, and an unparalleled number of high-touch IP services, the Cisco 7200 VXR is an excellent choice for the Services Aggregation WAN/MAN edge, with features that support the following deployments:

Investment Protection-Scalability, Common Port Adapters, and a Wide Range of Deployment Options

The Cisco 7200 VXR port and service adapters, combined with the Cisco 7500, and 7600 product lines, simplify stocking of spares and protecting customer investment in interfaces.

Full Cisco IOS Support

The Cisco 7200 VXR supports network services, including quality of service, security, compression, and encryption at high speeds.

Flexibility, Modularity and Performance in a Compact Form Factor

Table 2. Cisco 7200 VXR Target Applications

Application

Benefit

WAN Edge

With an unparalleled number of high-touch IP services and hardware accelerated WAN Edge and QoS services, the Cisco 7200 VXR is an ideal WAN Edge connectivity or aggregation solution.

Broadband Subscriber Aggregation

The Cisco 7200 VXR supports up to 16,000 PPP or L2TP sessions. This enables aggregation of a large number of users into a compact form factor saving rack space and reducing hardware investment dollars.

MPLS PE Functionality

The Cisco 7200 VXR is an ideal MPLS PE solution. MPLS fuses the intelligence of routing with the performance of switching to scale existing networks to meet future growth demands. Networks can handle more traffic, users, media-rich data or bandwidth-intensive applications.

IPSec VPN

• Using the VPN Acceleration Module service adapter (part number: SA-VAM2+), the Cisco 7200 VXR can aggregate up to 5000 3DES and AES encrypted sessions per chassis.

• Further, with the new VPN Services Adapter Module (part number: C7200-VSA), three times more performance is offered.

Voice and Data Integration

The Cisco 7200 VXR provides the highest density Cisco voice gateway solution with 20 T1/18 E1 trunk terminations in 3RU. The Cisco 7200 VXR, with its advanced QoS features, can also integrate voice and data within the same chassis enabling customers to transport voice over data networks, save on capital equipment costs associated with two networks, TDM and packet-based, including the recurring management costs of each.

The Cisco 7200 VXR Series Port Adapter Jacket Card supports a single (selected high bandwidth) Port/Service Adapter. The Jacket Card can be inserted into the IO Slot of the Cisco 7204 VXR or Cisco 7206 VXR chassis and consequently increases the slot capacity from 4 to 5 slots and 6 to 7 slots respectively.